Claims of neglect as disabled woman found covered in ants at Sydney's Liverpool Respite Centre

A Sydney family says a New South Wales Government-funded respite care centre failed in its duty of care by neglecting their daughter.

The Aleedane family from Beverly Hills in south Sydney say they found their 20-year-old daughter Ayat, who has cerebral palsy, aphasia and is quadriplegic, left alone outside and covered in ants at the Liverpool Respite Centre on the evening of February 6.

Ayat's father Adel said he and his wife, Nawal, along with their son Mohammad, were in the Liverpool area to attend a circus and decided to pay a surprise visit to the respite centre, where they found Ayat in a distressed state.

"I knocked [on] the door - the nurse, he open the door. I told him where is my daughter? I want to see her. He said in the garden," Mr Aleedane said.

"We go inside, I listen to my daughter and she cry and no anyone beside her, not anyone to help her."

The Iraqi migrant said he and his wife were shocked to find Ayat alone with her face caked with dried food and covered in ants.

"We see my daughter - she has many, many ants on the body, on the face and her hair. Everywhere," he said.

"She cry, no anyone beside her, no anyone help her. We very, very upset."

Mr Aleedane said he and his wife immediately took Ayat inside to clean her up.

"My wife, she is very, very upset because this picture is very sad," he said.

He said staff at the time told him his daughter had only been left outside for five minutes.

"I can't believe it, because he take her outside and no anyone help her, two carers inside and one in the kitchen. Why?"

Ayat in pain, distress after developing allergic reaction

Mr Aleedane said they took Ayat home immediately, where she suffered a suspected allergic reaction and she was taken to the family doctor for treatment.

"[Nawal] brought [Ayat] to me, the face was swollen and the lip was swollen and a lot of rash in her body," Dr Susan Megaly said.